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flowering well in partial sliade and even under trees. 

 A good, strong soil is joreferred by them. 



The Common Privet {L. vulgare) has small, shining, 

 dark-green leaves and white flowers in terminal panicles, 

 which are succeeded by small, black berries. Among the 

 varieties of the Common Privet with smallish leaves, are 

 the Box-leaved Privet (var. huxifoUa), with short, thick 

 leaves. White-berried Privet (var. leucocarpa), with 

 white fruit, and the Weeping Privet (var. pendula), of 

 weeping habit and quite ornamental, when grafted on 

 other stocks. 



There are several varieties with much larger leaves 

 than the common, such as the Oval-leaved Privet (L. 

 ovalifoUum), and the Laurel-leaved Privet (Z. laurifo- 

 lium), all of which are very attractive with rich, waxy- 

 looking foliage, and are pleasing either when grown 

 singly, in groups, or in hedges. 



THE OLEASTER, OR WILD OLIVE. ElcBagilUS. E, 



The SiLYER-LEAVED OLEASTER {E. argenteo) is a 

 strong-growing, spreading shrub, with delicate, narrow, 

 silvery leaves, that give it a peculiar appearance, and 

 make it very desirable for contrasting with other trees 

 and shrubs. Small yellow flowers in summer. 



Garden or European Oleaster [E. Jiortensis) is 

 an elegant species of stronger growth than the former 

 one, and with wider leaves, of a striking silvery color. 

 It is covered in June with small yellow flowers, having 

 bright, silvered calyxes, which give to the shrub increas- 

 ed whiteness at this season. The sweetness of the 

 flowers, which is very pleasant and marked, is wafted for 

 some distance on the air. Very desirable for contrasts; 

 does well on the sea-shore. The Small-flowered Oleaster 

 (var. nived) is a variety of the last, forming a fine com- 



